The moon makes me feel like such a creature, ruled by tides and sleepless when full. So many tides throughout life, don’t you think? Today’s excerpt from the book deals… Read more Their peach-down flesh and cotton-poly clothing were scented, faintly, and at all times with Ivory Soap and horse manure… →
HOLLYWOOD & MINE By Susannah Corwin “People in the East pretend to be interested in how pictures are made, but if you actually tell them anything, you find they are… Read more Feeling as sensuous and sophisticated as the woman who romped with Louis XV… →
You know how I am about word derivations, I find them fascinating. Long time no see may be something coined from a clumsy 1930s Hollywood attempt to mimic the English… Read more long time no see… →
Wondering on the internet What were the chances… Hello, Mercury! Sorry, got distracted there for a minute. Shall we get reacquainted? I used to post here all the damn time… Read more Strangers on the internet — Exchanging glances →
The world was interconnected, even before the Internet. Nicky Haslam worked with Diana Vreeland (peanut butter and Jello?), who was a dear friend of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, seen here reading… Read more “Our office lunches consisted of peanut butter and Jello sandwiches, served with slugs of vodka.” Nicky Haslam →
For ten days author William Kuhn and I have been talking about writing, reading, screenplays, books, black and white photography, Los Angeles, the dream factory, and what and who we… Read more Shh! I’m reading. →
There’s another marvelous memoir, from the amazing Diana Vreeland, you might be interested in reading. Her autobiography reads like a novel. This extract resonates with me because of its delicious… Read more Words to live by, especially if you’re a writer, with pizzazz from Diana Vreeland →
